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Old Aug 14, 2002 | 02:47 PM
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Anyone tried paintless dent repair ? I see you can buy a tool from Dingking, that allows you to sort out small dings you get in car parks on the side of your door. (www.dingkingtool.com)
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Old Aug 14, 2002 | 02:52 PM
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Originally posted by heli
Anyone tried paintless dent repair ? I see you can buy a tool from Dingking, that allows you to sort out small dings you get in car parks on the side of your door. (www.dingkingtool.com)

The question is if it works or not?

A large size dent will probably have some what of a small crease in it, but this might be worth you looking into.



1-Apply glue to dent pulling tab.

2-Quickly apply to center of dent and let cool for a few minutes.

3-Place pulling bridge over dent pulling tab.

4-Twist wing nut on to dent pulling tab and twist the dent out till it pops.

5-Remove glue with supplied glue remover. Polish with soft, clean cloth.

This thing looks pretty cool actually. It only runs $29.
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Old Aug 14, 2002 | 02:58 PM
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I saw a post on a civic forum that said it worked great. That's about all he shared.
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Old Aug 14, 2002 | 03:11 PM
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Originally posted by heli
Anyone tried paintless dent repair ? I see you can buy a tool from Dingking, that allows you to sort out small dings you get in car parks on the side of your door. (www.dingkingtool.com)
I have not tried removing dents myself, but I did have two dents removed via PDR on my last car for $70 and you could not tell where they had been. It worked very well, indeed.
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Old Aug 14, 2002 | 04:52 PM
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Originally posted by boiler


I have not tried removing dents myself, but I did have two dents removed via PDR on my last car for $70 and you could not tell where they had been. It worked very well, indeed.
What's "PDR" ???

I'm glad I came across this thread though. I just picked up a door ding, no paint missing, 2 weeks ago. I NEVER park around other cars but I was rushing in to a restaurant to meet a client so I did the stupid thing and parked front row. Sure enough. DING!!!!!! For $29 maybe this is worth trying. My wife has several dings on her Camry so I could try those first before attempting on the S.
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Old Aug 14, 2002 | 04:58 PM
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PDR - Paintless dent removal.
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Old Aug 14, 2002 | 05:45 PM
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PDR - Paintless dent removal.
thanks...should've been able to figure that out.
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Old Aug 14, 2002 | 08:37 PM
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PDR is awesome! I had a ding right above the S2000 badge and after $70 even I couldn't tell. They can't fix everything and some dings are more complex than others but if you can get it done, do it!
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Old Aug 14, 2002 | 08:41 PM
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You can also heat up the area with a hair dryer and then slap some dry ice on the ding, can pop most out like that as well, did that on my prelude.
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